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A cautionary tale. I began smoking in 1959, I quit in 2018 (you do the math).
It wasn't as difficult process for me as it is for most people. My secret "weapon" was a heart attack. I was in a debilitated state in the hospital while they strengthened my body to endure heart surgery.
As I lay there and the nicotine craving began, I realized that this is my chance. No one here is going to bring me cigarettes. No one here is going to find me a place in this hospital where I can smoke. Even with a wheel chair, I wasn't strong enough to find my way out of this labyrinth of a building. So I slept as often and as long as I could. It worked. After two weeks of this I was ready for heart surgery, then another week for recovery.
When I returned home, my daughter removed all of the cigarettes that were in the apartment. Unfortunately, she took them to her cousin (who was a smoker) in a neighboring city. He died last year at age 53 from smoking related disease.
The hardest part to quitting is to overcome the nicotine addiction . Don't wait until you're lying in a hospital bed (or coffin) to try. Know that once you can get that far, all you need is the determination to stay there. You will have urges, but without the nicotine addiction, it's not that difficult to overcome them. I haven't smoked a cigarette in five years.
It wasn't as difficult process for me as it is for most people. My secret "weapon" was a heart attack. I was in a debilitated state in the hospital while they strengthened my body to endure heart surgery.
As I lay there and the nicotine craving began, I realized that this is my chance. No one here is going to bring me cigarettes. No one here is going to find me a place in this hospital where I can smoke. Even with a wheel chair, I wasn't strong enough to find my way out of this labyrinth of a building. So I slept as often and as long as I could. It worked. After two weeks of this I was ready for heart surgery, then another week for recovery.
When I returned home, my daughter removed all of the cigarettes that were in the apartment. Unfortunately, she took them to her cousin (who was a smoker) in a neighboring city. He died last year at age 53 from smoking related disease.
The hardest part to quitting is to overcome the nicotine addiction . Don't wait until you're lying in a hospital bed (or coffin) to try. Know that once you can get that far, all you need is the determination to stay there. You will have urges, but without the nicotine addiction, it's not that difficult to overcome them. I haven't smoked a cigarette in five years.